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Legislation
act and a 'judicial' act is well known, though in some specific instances the line which separates one category from the other may not be easily discernible. Adjudication of the rights of the parties according to law … or the legislature of a State, which would include delegated legislation and subordinate legislation or an executive order made by the Union of India, State or any other statutory authority. In a case where the field is
lien
first lien : a lien taking precedence over all other claims, charges, or encumbrances of the same general category but not necessarily over those (as taxes) imposed by government sanction float·ing lien : a lien created in … of the parties or esp. by operation of law ;specif : a security interest created esp. by a mortgage assessment lien : a lien that is on property benefiting from an improvement made by a municipality and
Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
Maharashtra State Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Special Backward Category and Other Backward Classes) Act, 2001, s. 2(l). … Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, it is an accepted fact that members of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes are by the large backward in comparison with other communities in the
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Criminal contempt
manner; It is noteworthy, that in the categorisation of contempt in the three sub-clauses (i) to (iii), only category (ii) refers to 'judicial proceeding. Scandalising of court in its administrative capacity will also be covered by sub-clause … the lawful process of the Court, is a contempt of Court. Any episode in the administration of justice may, however, be publicly or privately criticised, provided that the criticism is fair and temperate and made in good
Reservation
the services for the members of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Special Backward Category and Other Backward Classes, the Maharashtra State Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Schedule Tribes, De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta … something different from the 'selection' of permissible area. The two terms were not only not synonymous but were mutually exclusive. 'Selection' of permissible area was allowed only to a landlord who had not exercised his right of
Damage
Industries v. Union of India, AIR 1979 SC 1803 (1808): (1979) 21 SCC 573. Exemplary damage means certain categories of case in which an award of exemplary damages can serve a useful purpose in vindicating the strength … on the part of the carrier or his agents or servants by reason of the negligent operation and management of the vessel, as, for example, when cargo is damaged by exposure to weather or by negligent stowage,
Undue influence
that undue influence may in the last analysis be brought under one or the other of these two categories-the will cannot be attacked on the ground of undue influence, Naresh Charan Das Gupta v. Paresh Charan Das … Undue influence, Any influence, pressure, or domination in such circumstances that the person acting under that influence may be held not to have exercised his free and independent volition in regard to the act. As to
Wages
607: (1979) 2 SCC 354: (1979) 2 SCR 788. The bonus in question did not fall under any category or class mentioned in the definition of 'wages' as contained in s. 2(22) of the Act. Bonus in … the remuneration is to be paid daily or weekly, it can be called wages. But when it is monthly remuneration payable on the last day of the month or after that date, and when the remuneration considering
Married women's property
Ralston, (1930) 2 KB 238. A restraint or anticipation on her property if land brings it within the categories of 'settled land' (see Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 1), and by the (English) Law of Property, s. … Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and
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